Article: Quality control an essential tool.

May 19, 2002 (Herald Sun

ABIX via COMTEX) -- There are four fundamental criteria for identifying good quality stocks for investment. The most important is financial health, calculated using accounting ratios and financial data from the company's balance sheets. The remaining fundamentals are return on assets, earnings growth via earnings per share, and current share price value. Other factors to take into account are share price trend, liquidity, market capitalisation, company activities, and public announcements. Your overriding investment rule should be to understand the financial health of the market and the stock you are ...






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